A Hitler Tree Grows in Poland
Tie a Yellow Ribbon ‘Round the Old Oak Tree, and then CUT IT DOWN!! 
Hitler was an asshole. We all know that. Asshole is an understatement, really, when one is talking about a man who slaughtered millions of Jews, gays, Gypsies, and political dissidents just because his mother didn’t hug him enough as a child.
But, cutting down a tree more than 50 years after it was planted because you just found out the tree was planted to commemorate Hitler’s birthday? Well, that’s just stupid.
Maria Krowska, mayor of Jaslo in Poland wants to murder a poor oak tree in the face because it was planted in 1942 to commemorate the birth of Hitler:
“We obtained information that this is no ordinary tree but was put here to mark Adolf Hitler’s birthday. So should I try to improve our town’s communications or should I allow a memorial to that criminal to remain standing? The choice is simple for me.”
Well fine, if you put it that way. But not everyone agrees with the mayor’s decision to yell TIMMMBER!!! According to Kazimierk Polak, who was present at the planting ceremony back in 1942:
“It was 1942 when the Germans brought a seedling of an oak here and planted it in the center of the town with all honors, an army orchestra and salutes. My father told me then that it was Hitler’s birthday and we found out later the seedling had come from Braunau am Inn (in Austria) where Hitler was born. It’s a historic curiosity. What is the oak really guilty of? It’s not the tree’s fault that it was planted here to honor the biggest criminal and enemy of Poland.”
YEAH! It’s not the tree’s fault that Hitler sucked. Is it? What do you think? Cut the tree down or let it be?
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Tags: Germans, Hitler, Hitler tree, Poland, stopthemadness
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July 9th, 2009 at 1:22 PM
DonnaMartin says:it’ a good thing that hitler tree didn’t grow in brooklyn. jus’ sayin’.
July 9th, 2009 at 1:48 PM
mr dongle says:guilty by oakssociation! burn it down! in a fire!
July 9th, 2009 at 2:24 PM
Sarah says:“Oakssociation!” heh!
July 9th, 2009 at 3:29 PM
SeaKat says:hahaha! Good one, mr dongle!
Was anyone else confused by the “either I improve the town’s communications or I cut down the tree” statement? How are those two related??? Communications ABOUT the tree? If people don’t have any idea it was planted in Hitler’s honor, then let that bit of trivia fade away and leave the oak.
Or am I not understanding what he meant??
July 9th, 2009 at 5:12 PM
Chelsea - PETA Protector says:Couldn’t the tree be saved by turning it into a small city park and dedicating it to the lives lost in the Holocaust or WWII or something? Just like, change the meaning? Or am I being too sensible here?
July 9th, 2009 at 10:01 PM
WhoMee says:I’m with you, Chelsea - PETA Protector. Have it be in remembrance, somewhat like a 9/11 memorial at Ground Zero in NYC.
July 10th, 2009 at 8:33 AM
AdmittedlyAddicted says:I bet the last generation of people who knew about the tree would have died off in the next 10 years, but she had to go and speak publicly about it. I’m with SeaKat…should have stayed quiet…
July 10th, 2009 at 12:05 PM
lava says:i say chop it down, sell the wood to neonazis on ebay and use the money to plant a new tree.